Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!exodus!appserv!sun!amdcad!dgcad!dg-rtp!larrybud.rtp.dg.com!goudreau From: goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: NFS vs communications meduim (was slashes, then NFS devices) Message-ID: <1991Mar18.191102.10033@dg-rtp.dg.com> Date: 18 Mar 91 19:11:02 GMT References: <1991Mar9.170841.4042@panix.uucp> <11030@dog.ee.lbl.gov> <2028@bacchus.esa.oz.au> Sender: usenet@dg-rtp.dg.com (Usenet Administration) Reply-To: goudreau@larrybud.rtp.dg.com (Bob Goudreau) Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC Lines: 17 In article <2028@bacchus.esa.oz.au>, david@bacchus.esa.oz.au (David Burren [Athos]) writes: > In <11030@dog.ee.lbl.gov> torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek) writes: > > >The bandwidth of your standard, boring old Ethernet is 10 Mb/s or 1.2 > >MB/s. > > Say what? If you can get over 1 Mb/s out of an Ethernet I'd like to hear > about it. Note that Chris said "bandwidth", not "effective throughput". Also, pay attention to "b" ("bit") vs. "B" (byte). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Goudreau +1 919 248 6231 Data General Corporation goudreau@dg-rtp.dg.com 62 Alexander Drive ...!mcnc!rti!xyzzy!goudreau Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA